National Association of Women Business Owners - Business Education in Orange County California

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NAWBO-OC Education Center

NAWBO-OC is proud to announce the development of a new Education Center dedicated to furthering the success of women business owners by offering classes, workshops and series designed to meet their needs at every stage of personal and company growth. To better identify and serve the needs of NAWBO-OC members and other women business owners in Orange County, the educational programs have been designed around three target segments:

"NAWBO-OC has helped me realize my dream of owning a company that offers fun food choices without compromising health. By participating in NAWBO's mentoring program, educational courses, and monthly networking meetings, I now have the tools necessary to expand my business to the next level." —Gerrie Adams, Xengaru Fun Food LLC

1. ENERGIZERS: First time entrepreneurs with no prior business experience.

2. EVOLVERS: First time entrepreneurs with prior corporate business experience.

3. SHOW ME THE MONEY: Established entrepreneurs who have been in business for four or more years and want to take their successful businesses to the next level.

SUCCESS Teams
NAWBO-OC has extended our educational and developmental programs by offering SUCCESS Teams to complement our mentoring and business training curriculum. Unlike other programs of this type, we offer this to members without restriction on company earnings, at a fraction the price of other programs.

What is a SUCCESS Team?
A SUCCESS Team is a group of 6-10 business owners who meet regularly, to use their combined knowledge, experience, and energy to support each other’s business success. Each group is facilited by a trained and exerienced business coach and will meet twice per month, once in person and once via conference call.

SUCCESS Team meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of the month from 1 to 4pm for six months. There will also be "mid-month" conference calls. After joining a team, you will be expected to attend at least 10 out of the 12 meetings. You will also be required to participate in a general orientation meeting which will be offered before your first SUCCESS Team meeting.

Registration for the next round of SUCCESS Teams is underway. The deadline to register will be Friday, April 10, 2009. Orientation is Wednesday the 15th from 1pm to 4pm, and the first team meeting is Wednesday, April 22nd. If you’d like to learn more about NAWBO's success team program click here or visit the SUCCESS Team table at the next NAWBO dinner meeting. The support, accountability, and feedback you get in these peer advisory groups is an invaluable benefit to NAWBO members...as you network don’t forget to ask other members about their experiences!

Please note that there are only three opportunities per year to join a success team—January, May, and September (teams begin meeting the following month).

CLICK HERE for more information.

Upcoming Classes

Classes will take place at Sunwest Bank, 17542 East 17th St, #200, Tustin, CA. MAP

Storytelling for Fun and Profit

April 21, 2009 from 10:00am - 1:00pm

If you wonder what difference storytelling makes, just consider Apple. They actually invented the first ahead-of-its-time PDA, but the Newton was a failure because they didn't have Steve Jobs to tell the story. Six years later, with Jobs at the helm, their next little product changed music forever.

But storytelling isn't just about selling your products or services. It's how you invent new things, engage your employees and partners, and forge solid customer relationships.

In this three-hour, hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to use storytelling in every part of your business, and you'll emerge with the most powerful tool in history to start, build, and reinvent your business.

Lynda Lawrence
Chief Idea Officer
Ideaworks Consulting

Lynda has worked with more than 100 organizations to develop innovative programs, and won nearly 500 awards for creativity and effectiveness. She teaches Strategic Innovation, and Design and Innovation Management at UCI Merage School of Business, and is a graduate of Harvard's Executive Program in Innovation and Organizational Change. She has a Masters in Organizational Development from Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Management and is writing a book on innovation, including the power of storytelling.

Instructors Needed
Do you want to share your expertise with other members? The NAWBO Education Center is looking for instructors to teach in-person classes, teleclasses and webinars on topics in the following areas: sales/business development, operations/processes, leadership/management, business planning and finance/accounting. If you are interested, please complete the instructor application.

The Education Center needs YOU!

The NAWBO-OC Education Center was established to provide business education and business development support to women business owners. We do that by offering monthly courses, Success Teams, and annual educational scholarships. The Education Center has been well received by the NAWBO-OC chapter members and Orange County community and strives to be the educator of choice for women business owners. To keep up with the demand for business education, we're looking for a dedicated team to continue delivering the value.

If:

You have a way with words- We need your help with marketing.
You can sell snow to an Eskimo- We need your help with sales and promotions.
You can you make dull documents come to life- We need your help with graphic design.
You have are organized and detail oriented- We need your help planning our monthly courses.
You can spot talent- We need your help finding instructors.

The time commitment is 2-3 hours/month including our monthly telephone meetings.

If you'd like to know more about the volunteer opportunities for the Education Center, contact Markell Steele or call 877-210-3252.

INSTRUCTORS: For information about becoming an instructor for our programs, CLICK HERE for instructor flyer.

SCHOLARSHIPS: NAWBO-OC members wishing to further their education in the pursuit of business excellence may be eligible for assistance. For information and application CLICK HERE for PDF format.

WOMEN'S BUSINESS INSTITUTE: NAWBO-OC's Women’s Business Institute (WBI) is the 501(c)(3) funding arm for our Education Center. The primary mission of the WBI is to support the continuing business education needs of women business owners, with a secondary focus on supporting all women in business.

FOUNDING MEMBERS: Sixteen prominent OC businesswomen responded to the need for the Education Center—the WBI Founding Members—along with eight companies including Marquis Sponsor Sunwest Bank leading the charge.

2008 Scholarship Donors

Josefina de la Cruz, CPA - One $1,000 scholarship
Susan's Healthy Gourmet - One $1,000 scholarship
Specialized Marketing Services - One $1,000 scholarship
OC Metro - One $1,000 scholarship
Tuned in Media - One $1,000 scholarship

2007 Scholarship Donors

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